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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Time Signature
Deceptive cadence
Part
Tonal
2. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Triplet
Requiem
Sequence
Flat
3. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sharp
Sonata
Dissonance
Courante
4. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Refrain
Stretto
Espressivo
5. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Polytonality
Rubato
Maestro
Tremolo
6. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Rondo
Falsetto
Measure
Concerto
7. A group singing in unison.
Orchestration
A cappella
Treble
Chorus
8. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Motif
Ornaments
Relative major and minor
Canon
9. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Galliard
Oratorio
Deceptive cadence
Cavatina
10. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Coda
Libretto
Capriccio
Leading note
11. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Canon
Treble
Intonation
Trio
12. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Opera
Concerto
Vibrato
Energico
13. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Development
Tritone
Carol
14. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Opera
Key signature
Dissonance
15. A separate section of a larger composition.
Trill
Movement
Portamento
Stretto
16. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Octet
Pentatonic Scale
Chorus
17. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Minuet
Twelve-tone music
Recital
Refrain
18. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Capriccio
Renaissance
Finale
Ensemble
19. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Leading note
Symphony
Libretto
Finale
20. The principal note of a triad.
Sonata form
Root
Expressionism
Elegy
21. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Accessible
Consonance
Sonata form
22. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Tonality
Legato
Sharp
Harmony
23. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Da Capo
Capriccio
Register
Prelude
24. Pertains to tone or tones.
Reed
Ricercar
Castrato
Tonal
25. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Sonata
Minuet
Instrumentation
Relative pitch
26. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Drone
Tessitura
Impromptu
Consonance
27. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Medley
Slur
Waltz
Cadenza
28. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Concert master
Suite
Deceptive cadence
Waltz
29. Unmusical - without tone.
Sonata
Pastoral
Drone
Tone less
30. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Tonality
Ornaments
Song cycle
Suite
31. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Pentatonic Scale
Finale
Reed
32. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Motif
Recitative
Minuet
Scale
33. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Sonatina
Drone
Virtuoso
Ornaments
34. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Piano
Neoclassical
Staff
Libretto
35. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Intonation
Drone
A cappella
Round
36. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Tempo
Musette
Capriccio
Tune
37. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Stretto
Relative major and minor
Reprise
Requiem
38. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Recital
Form
Accelerando
Classical
39. Indicating speed.
Sonata form
Notation
Tempo
Sonatina
40. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Twelve-tone music
Chant
Sextet
Expressionism
41. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Treble
Coda
Rubato
Partita
42. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Tablature
Neoclassical
Accessible
System
43. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Carol
Galliard
Pitch
44. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Trill
Portamento
Whole-tone scale
Round
45. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Trio
Pentatonic Scale
Introduction
Time Signature
46. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Rococo
Staccato
Oratorio
47. A composition written for nine instruments.
Nonet
Voice
Serenade
Septet
48. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Impromptu
Parody
Musette
Chorale
49. A repeated phrase.
Romantic
Ostinato
Gregorian Chant
Progression
50. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Ostinato
Intonation
Whole note
Stretto